Mai-HiME 「Kirei na Yume no Sono Hate ni (At that End of a Beautiful Dream)/綺麗な夢のその果てに」


「こころに残ったちいさな気持ちをまもりたい。
大切な場所をまもりたい。
大切な人をまもりたい。
私にもできるなら…こころを信じて進んでみよう。
恋…友情…、想いは、合わせ鏡。」
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“I want to protect what little feeling is left within my heart.
I want to protect the place most important to me.
I want to protect the person most important to me.
If I can find it in me… I want to try and believe in my heart, and move forward.
Love… Friendship… These emotions… They both mirror each other.”
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幸せ望む力 なくした心にも
やさしい風が吹いて 明日が見えるまで
Inside a deadened heart Unable to wish for happiness,
A gentle breeze is stirring Awaiting the dawn;
私の星であなたの傷を
抱きしめて進もう
運命わかるはずないよ 変わる未来
With the power of my star, I embrace your pain;
Let’s move forward;
Stop acting like you’re doomed by fate! The future isn’t set in stone;
綺麗な夢のその果てに
悲しみが舞う世界を
あなたのために許したい
失う痛みなど怖くない
At the end of this beautiful dream,
This world where sorrow abounds –
For your sake, I want to forgive it;
I’m not afraid of the pain of losing you anymore;
微笑み忘れたなら 夜通し寒いなら
私を呼んで欲しい 気ちを預けてよ
If you forget to smile If the night is cold,
I want you to call out to me Let me help you!
戸惑うほどにあなたの背中
少年の切なさ
何度泣いたら休めるの?
走る日々は
How much confusion are you bearing on those frail shoulders?
That’s the heartbreak of youth;
How often do you let yourself cry?
The days are flying away from you;
流れる時も去る人も
同じ空の下を行(ゆ)く
愛だと知ればつらくなる
守りたくなるからつらくなる
Time ticks on and people grow distant,
All under the same sky;
If I realise I’m in love, it’ll get painful;
Because I’m starting to want to protect you, it’ll get painful;
瞼に映る 小さな月は
懐かしい想い出に光るdéjà vu…ah!
Reflected behind closed eyes A small moon
Illuminates my most precious memories, like déjà vu…
綺麗な夢のその果てに
悲しみが舞う世界を
あなたのためにこわしたい
新しい命で会うために
At the end of this beautiful dream,
This world where sorrow abounds –
For your sake, I want to destroy it
So that we’ll meet again in a new world, together

Footnotes

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Translation Notes

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Narrative Commentary

Judging from the lyrics, this song is written from Natsuki’s perspective from around the time when she resolves to kill Kiyohime, and, with Kiyohime, herself. Makes the whole thing kinda bittersweet, reading about how Natsuki realises she’s in love with Shizuru, and knowing that the resolve which comes from that realisation leads to her suicide, huh…


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